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The Gulf of Silence

  • 2020
  • 1h 25m
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4.5/10
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The Gulf of Silence (2020)
DocumentarySci-Fi

Since 1945, only a select few in the US government have known the truth about UFOs. In 2020, one of them is finally speaking out. Join Dr. Laura Gale PhD on a guided tour through over half a... Read allSince 1945, only a select few in the US government have known the truth about UFOs. In 2020, one of them is finally speaking out. Join Dr. Laura Gale PhD on a guided tour through over half a century of disinformation, counterespionage - and mankind's attempts to make first contac... Read allSince 1945, only a select few in the US government have known the truth about UFOs. In 2020, one of them is finally speaking out. Join Dr. Laura Gale PhD on a guided tour through over half a century of disinformation, counterespionage - and mankind's attempts to make first contact.

  • Director
    • Mina Rhodes
  • Writer
    • Mina Rhodes
  • Stars
    • Mandy May Cheetham
    • Donald E. Keyhoe
    • Richard Nixon
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    1.5K
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    • Director
      • Mina Rhodes
    • Writer
      • Mina Rhodes
    • Stars
      • Mandy May Cheetham
      • Donald E. Keyhoe
      • Richard Nixon
    • 38User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Mandy May Cheetham
    Mandy May Cheetham
    • Laura Gale
    Donald E. Keyhoe
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    • Self
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    Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
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    • (archive footage)
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
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      • Mina Rhodes
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      • Mina Rhodes
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    4dlbottla

    For Groovidad

    Agreed that it is just more disinformation. I can personally say that there is something that has been happening, or coming in and out of dimension's etc. on our planet for a very long time. From my personal experience and belief is that is just evil. The first thing you need to understand or ask of any of these so called experts or whistle blowers etc, especially these aatip and so called tied in experts is why none of them, zero, announce or acknowledge that we, the U.S. govt. has had a C.rash R.ecovery P.rotocal or A.C.R.P. for a very long time. Since before the end of ww2. Thousands of regular military personal such as myself were pulled into this protocol over the decades yet none of these people ever mention it. Why, because they are just part of the disinfo campaign. Literally none of these people have ever told the truth. My experience was what ever they were it was pure evil. Now, not everyone will agree, not even everyone that was on the mountain that night. But, that was my take down to my core being. These people never tell the truth. I will leave you with this thought. Do you honestly, honestly, think we jumped over 150 years or more in technology basically overnight by chance. I don't think so.. we just are not that smart lol... well we get around to it, but it generally takes us a long time historically lol. This, I guess you can call it entertainment... There is really two camps... the whacko's who think everything is "ancient aliens", NOT, and the camp that is hiding what ever the real truth is. Me, I believe the true answer may just be biblical... Technology has and is necessary for who ever wants to reach the whole world and try and control it... think about that one... kinda explains the whole seeding of technology over the decades... Anyway, don't look for any truth's out of this one... just fiction, not a true life story as they claim... BS
    2ellvis-40548

    Unwatachable

    I had a good crack at watching this but! The whole Cruella DeVil thing going on plus the continual black screen effect just seems lazy. Not broadcast quality I'm afraid.
    6mcleodbf

    Documentary of innovative fantasy

    As a science nerd I was intrigued by the simplicity and sense of plausibility to the plotline. There is no book and I can find no existence of Dr. Laura Gale Phd. I think this was a very artistically innovative way to make a movie during the Covid19 pandemic to feed an audience begging for input to dull their insanity. So kudos to director for finding a way to make a buck in 2020 and distract us for a few minutes. I can honestly say after watching I wanted it all to be true but in reality suspect none of it is.
    8Snatchr

    Loneliness in the increasingly connected 21st century by way of UFO phenomena

    Because it's not that we're alone in the universe - that much is a statistical impossibility - but that we are not alone, and nobody cares. Humanity is the ever-present blinking light of an unread message in the dark corner of the room.

    Obviously fiction (I mean, if the explicit disclaimer in the credits didn't tip you off, or the presentation as a whole then I worry for your brain!) but it doesn't matter. The Gulf of Silence isn't made to deceive, unlike the majority of UFO media, but rather to strike to the vulnerable, fleshy core of the phenomenon and the people most affected by it. Not with a sensationalist, smooth brained and popcorn gargling farcical take, but something utterly personal and heart breakingly relatable.

    Whether you're involved in this field or any other similarly maligned by the greater populace, provided you're not some soulless grifter that is, chances are you've been in some of the places Laura Gale has been. Endured the same jokes, snorts, the deaths of social units and the crippling, anxiety induced self sabotage in response. (insert alienation pun here?)

    If The Gulf of Silence achieves anything its the absolute realisation of a relatable, grounded protagonist divulging an account so credible within a genre so often bogged down in trashy, tabloid junk more concerned with making its viewer feel special, chosen and important. Maybe that's why it's currently being brigaded with one stars and being "reviewed" by filmgoers that unironically watch things at 2x speed and call people "females".

    Also its very funny.
    3artistwriter-54705

    A beautifully rendered painting of a pile of excrement.

    As someone who has been involved in the UFOlogy and disclosure movement for about the last 25 years, I had hoped that this was not yet another work of fiction. Sure enough with a cursory search of the internet, it is 100 percent fiction.

    I am disappointed in the fact that this person did such a great job of putting this together only to have the rug pulled out from under me with it being a complete fabrication. That is the problem with a lot of these things, is that they don't help further the cause, or create more curiosity. This is almost worse than the Stan Romanek fiasco because this was actually watchable, and had a lot of heart behind it.

    20 minutes into this film I figured it was not quite right and with a simple internet search could not find any Laura Gale PHD, nor could I find any books or writings by the person that the actress portrays.

    As much as I would like to give this praise for what it does, I have to be critical of what it is not. It is not real, it is not factual, and amazon and other outlets tout it as being real, or at the very least, involving the real people who experienced these things. Irritation does not even begin to describe the level of contempt I have.

    I actually hoped this was real, and factual. Thanks for making me even more skeptical than I already am.

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      Filmed and completed entirely in lockdown during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
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      Features Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
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      • Hollywood, California, USA(Studio)
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      • 1h 25m(85 min)
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      • 16:9 HD

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